Write Source Grammar Instruction

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Grammar Instruction
First Semester
First Marking Period

Nouns
  1. Noun
  2. Subject
 1. Write Source. Pg 701-702
Concepts: classes of nouns, number, gender, case (important)
Ex. Pg. 703
2. Write Source. Pg. 738
Concepts: The Subject: simple, complete, compound.
The Delayed Subject
Ex. Pg. 739

Verbs
  1. Action verb
  2. State ofBeingverb
  3. Linking verbs
  4. Helping/auxiliary verb
  5. Tense
  6. Mood (L.8.1d)
  7. Predicate
 1. Write Source. Pg. 714
2. Write Source. Pg. 714
3. Write Source. Pg. 714
714.1
4. Write Source. Pg. 714
714.2
5. Write Source. Pg. 718
718.3-720.1
6. Write Source. Pg. 724
Concepts: Subjunctive mood 724.1
7. Write Source. Pg. 740.1
Concepts: The Predicate: simple, complete, compound, understood subject and predicate
(Teach Direct Object)
Agreement (L.3.1f)
  1. Subject-verb
 1. Write Source. Pg. 752
Concepts: Agreement of Subject and Verb
752.1, 752.2, 752.3, 752.4
Ex. Pg. 753
“Proof Reading, Revising, Editing”
Pages 81-89

Pronouns (L.3.1f)
  1. Pronoun
  2. Antecedent
  3. Agreement
  4. Case
  5. Singular/plural
 1-2 Write Source. Pg. 704
Concepts: Pronoun, Antecedent,
*It isn’t important to harp on the Classes of Pronouns. Enough to know that those words are pronouns.
Ex. Pg. 705
3. Write Source. Pg. 756
Concepts: Agreement in Number, Agreement in gender
Ex. Pg. 757
Resource:
“Proof Reading, Revising, Editing”
Pages 91-97


Adjectives
  1. Adjectives
  2. Predicate Adjectives: Linking verbs are followed by adj.
*Comparisons
 1. Write Source. Pg. 728
Concepts: Types of Adjectives
728.1
2. Predicate Adjectives. Write Source. Pg. 728.
Concept: Predicate adjective
728.1 Ex. Pg. 729
      • Faulty comparisons: Forms of Adjectives
728.2**

Adverbs
  1. Adverbs
*comparison/forms
 1. Write Source. Pg. 730
Concepts: Types 730.1 (Types not imp. just know the adverbs)
*Comparison: Write Source. Pg. 730
Concepts: Forms of Adverbs. Ex. Pg. 731
* Adjective and Adverb lesson: Modifiers, Dangling modifiers, Faulty Comparisons, Double Negatives


Prepositions
  1. Prepositional Phrase
 1. Write Source. Pg. 732.
Concepts: Prepositional phrases
732.1
Ex. Pg. 733

Sentence Structure
  1. Simple Sentence structures
 1. Write Source. Pg. 748
Concepts: Simple Sentence
748.1


Grammar
Second Marking Period


Conjunctions and Sentence structures (L.4.1f)
  1. Coordinating Conjuctions (Fanboys)
  2. Commas
  3. Semi-colons
  4. Compound sentence
  5. Subordinate Conjuctions
  6. Complex Sentence
  7. Compound-Complex sentences
  8. Use of commas to separate items in a series (L.5.2a)
Phrases
 1. Write Source. Pg. 734
734.1
2. Write Source. Pg. 608
608.1
3.. Write Source. Pg. 618
618.1
4. Write Source. Pg. 748
748.1: Compound Sentences
5. Write Source. Pg. 734
734.3
6. Write Source. Pg. 748
748.1
7. Write Source. Pg. 748
748.1
8. Write Source. Pg. 610
610.2
610.3

Punctuation (Remaining concepts)
  1. dash
  2. quotation marks – how to punctuate them
  3. Apostrophes – possession
  4. Essential and non-essential (L.6.2a)
 1. Write Source. Pg. 640
640.1
2. Write Source. Pg. 632
632.1-.2
3. Write Source. Pg. 628
628.2-630.4
4. Write Source. Pg. 612
612.1-612.2
“Proof Reading, Revising and Editing”
Pages 143-153

Grammar
Second Semester
Third Marking Period
Paragraph-Level Structure
  1. Topic Sentences
  2. Transitions
  3. Supporting material
Concluding Sentences


Gerunds vs. Infinitives



Parallel Structure



Words
  1. Using the Right Word (L.3.3a)
  2. Avoid passive verbs
  3. Redundant sentences
  4. Idiomatic Expression

Passage Level Structure
  1. Relationships between and among paragraphs
  2. Order of paragraphs
  3. Patterns of development – ex. Chronological